Chapter 1: Pleiades (1) (1/2)
Count Bayer.
It was once a famous family of swordsmen, and its head was the Margrave of the Sälen Kingdom’s northern frontier, but that was all in the past, as they are now just an old family clan.
But even so, they were the Bayer family.
Even if the father and son fell and their family declined in approximately 3 years, they still maintained their position at the bottom place of the 12 northern families.
In the mansion of such Count Bayer…
There was a struggling man in the second son’s room, who was called the ‘anguish of Count Bayer.’
“Kkeuoeo…eoo…eoo”
It was a boy in his late teens who held his head and let out strange groans.
He had dark blue hair, a white and slender face, and a pair of mysterious green eyes that all blended together to show off his good looks, but now, he was thinking of his situation as he looked at himself.
The boy was named Jude Bayer, also known as the second son of Count Bayer. The boy was now thinking as he stared blankly at the mirror hung on the wall.
‘Is this likeness totally real?’
Is everything that he could see in the mirror real?
The fact that Jude Bayer is now Jude Bayer.
The sentence was like a play on words, but Jude was serious. He would be, too, because he was both Jude and Kang Jin-ho at the same time.
‘No matter how I look at it, this is the world of Legend of Heroes 2.’
Two days have passed since Jude “awakened” his memory as Kang Jin-ho.
And that time of two days was not short.
The name ‘Jude Bayer.’
The situation of Count Bayer.
The Sälen Kingdom and its surrounding circumstances.
None of them were inconsistent with Legend of Heroes 2.
‘Pleiades.’
A world that is the background of the entire series of Legend of Heroes.
‘Let’s face it. This world is Pleiades, and I am Jude Bayer.’
It felt a little different from simply entering a game, which was common in novels and manhwa (comics).
Rather, the situation felt like he was born as Jude Bayer, and then remembered his ‘past life’ as Kang Jin-ho.
So, even though he had become Jude, it almost didn’t feel out of place.
Because from the very beginning, he was both Jude Bayer and Kang Jin-ho at the same time.
Jude raised his head and looked at the mirror again.
He saw the beautiful view of a handsome looking boy with superior looks, sitting down in front of the mirror.
‘I am handsome.’
He wasn’t just handsome…he was exceedingly handsome.
Jude rose from his seat and looked around the room.
It was spacious, nice, and clean.
It seemed to be larger than the villa he had lived in when he was Kang Jin-ho, and though the furniture showed signs of age, one cannot deny that the all the furniture were luxury items.
Jude considered his situation objectively.
The difference between the days of Kang Jin-ho and the days of Jude.
He was young again, a dozen times more handsome than before, and he had become a golden spoon noble.
It was absolutely perfect.
It was an upgrade to the point where he felt like applauding.
But then Jude thought.
‘Isn’t this f*cked up though?’
It wasn’t because of Jude.
Although Jude Bayer was a character with some flaws among the characters of Legend of Heroes 2, the bigger problem lies in the fact that this was the world of Legend of Heroes 2 itself.
The background setting of Legend of Heroes 2 was not a peaceful fantasy world.
No, it was a world of great tribulation – demons descended from the demon world, and angels came down to fight against them – all the countries and races of the continent were embroiled and killed in the war.
In short, it was a world destined for Apocalypse.
‘I was fortunate that it wasn’t the third installment.’
Legend of Heroes 3 dealt with the aftermath of the war between the angels and demons, where all human nations had collapsed.
If he had entered Legend of Heroes 3, he wouldn’t be sitting and looking in the mirror like this, but he would’ve been bitten and torn apart by monsters.
‘As expected, there’s only one way.’
He must become strong.
So that when the times of great tribulation come, he could endure it.
And if possible, he must become strong enough to protect himself and those around him.
In the real world where Kang Jin-ho lived, there were clearly limitations for humans in becoming strong, but this was Pleiades, the world of Legend of Heroes.
It was possible for an individual here to demolish mountains and become an absolute power that can shake the sky.
‘Well…the authenticity of that is questionable, but moving on…’
For a while, he looked at his slender forearm, but soon made up his mind and clenched his fist again.
‘Let’s do it.’
He can do it.
He must do it.
Jude himself is Outboxer009.
Wasn’t he the rotten water that kept the top spot in the server ranking list for a staggering 23 months!
So, Jude decided to consider Jude Bayer’s situation first.
Jude Bayer.
The second son of Count Bayer.
He hails from the Bayer family, which has produced outstanding warriors for generations, but he himself hasn’t mastered even one of the sword basics.
Of course, he wasn’t just a useless guy as he was one of the playable characters.
Jude certainly had a talent.
It wasn’t just an ordinary talent but a truly incomparable talent.
Cheonmujiche (Heavenly Martial Body).
As the name implies, it’s a heavenly talent for martial arts.
‘But there’s a trap card here.’
Jude was born with an abnormality in the Yin meridians of his whole body, particularly called, Gueumjulmaek (Nine Yin Severed Meridians).
‘Short-lived, weak, inability to use mana, but possessing a tremendous amount of yin energy.’
These were roughly the effects of Gueumjulmaek.